'The Daily
Press of Newport News, Virginia has revealed that the U.S. military
has dumped millions of pounds of unused chemical weapons between World
War
II and 1970. According to newly released Army records, the military dumped
64 million pounds of nerve and mustard gas agent into the sea along with
400,000 chemical-filled bombs, landmines and rockets. In addition 500
tons of radioactive water has been dumped. According to press accounts
the military
has been unable to identify where all of the weapons of mass destruction
were dumped though it is known they were dumped off the coasts of at
least 11 states.